Friday, September 28, 2018

This past month I got to host another one of my friend's Ghostland events. I absolutely love working these events because they are so much fun. It's also my only chance to dress up like a ghost and still be in bed by 10:30pm.

I am glad I finally got to wear this top and skirt together. I designed them six years ago and knew one day I would rock it. Didn't know I would be 5 months pregnant when I finally did wear it...

Monday, September 24, 2018

When I planned my first trip to Tijuana, I
knew I wanted it to be epic. I have a good friend who lives there but didn’t
want to impose on his lodging (at the time he was living with an ex) so I
decided to book an Airbnb with two bedrooms in the city center so we could
enjoy Revolucion Avenue in the day and night.

I let him narrow the list of options down
since he lived there and knew the area, and when we settled on three, I decided
that one was too far and the other two basic. So I splurged and book the most
expensive one.

The place we got was a concrete condo with a
very reto vibe. Eclectic furnishings and a record player. It took me a little
while to get used to the cement staircase with no railing, but every time I came
down the steps to the sound of Nat King Cole I felt like I truly was on
vacation.

The apartment is in the Colonia Cacho, a
stylish neighborhood that melted my heart from the instant I saw it. I would
much prefer to live here than the area around Revolucion.

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Mezcal is the often ignored cousin of Tequila
– a distilled liquor made from a type of agave, with a strong smoky flavor. I
first had Mezcal at a bar in Portland. The bartender said it was like tequila,
only smokey, and I like tequila and I like smokey, so I gave it a try.

I won’t say it was love at first taste, in
fact I didn’t like my drink at all. But I liked the idea of myself as a person
who like atypical things, so Mezcal joined the ranks of my signture liquors.

Eventually my taste buds caught up with my
ego and I got to love mezcal. You can imagine my excitement when I learned that
Tijuana is actually a great place to experience this liquor in all its
wonderful forms – there are even bars like La Mezcalera and El Tiniebloe Mezcal
room that are dedicated to it!

This is a catalogue of every way I tried
Mezcal in Tijuana.

La Justina

LA Justina is my favorite bar in Tijuana for cocktails. It is almost always where I begin my night with some fancy drink before heading elsewhere...

With lavender and watermelon

With cucumber, smoked bay leaf and rose petals

With grapefruit and thyme

Bartender’s choice

Mezcal Bars

I love La Mezcalera but never stay long. They play of a lot of trance and techno which I hate, and it gets very crowded with hipsters as the night goes on.

With tamarind at La Mezcalera

With cream in a flight at La Mezcalera

EL TInieblo is a tiny speakeasy that feels like a time machine. Loved the ambiance.

With hibiscus at El Tinieblo

Random Bars

With tamarind and Cine Tonola.

A fantastic bar on the third floor of the cinema with stunning views and excellent cocktails.

As a shot at Dandy del Sur

Classic shot at the oldest bar in Tijuana....

With Chamoy at Loki café. My friend's go-to place.

Fancy Restaurants

With lime and soda in Verde y Crema

With absinth, Aperol, St. Germain, and bitters at Nortico, a speakeasy at Oryx Capital.

With tropical fruit, tangerine, lemon and salt at Mision 19 - th best restaurant in Tijuana.

Across the border...

So I know this is supposed to be a post on Tijuana, but I didn't want to ignore the great Mezcal margeritas I had in San Diego. In a Margarita with salt in San Diego

Sunday, September 16, 2018

One of my favorite cities on earth is neither
beautiful by nature nor by design. It doesn’t photograph well and is hard to
complement, even in words.

But I love it. Every pot hole and plastic
bag. Every sun-bleached roof and graffiti-splattered wall. These photos are by
no means beautiful images. They do little in the way of evoking the character
and intrigue of this dynamic city. Instead they are photographs of my emotion,
heart and sole, for this place.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

This year my 31st birthday was more low key than in year's past. I didn't have a huge party or even invite friends to participate in any kind of gathering. Instead I heading up north to Seattle to spend the weekend with my best friend and see Tinariwen perform.

I was four months pregnant and already starting to show, to to my eyes I just looked chubby.

I bought this dress from H&M years ago but never wore it. I decided to take this opportunity to put it on before I got too big to fit into it. Thanks goodness for stretchy fabric.